Jejunostomy feeding tube insertion may carry a risk of increased infectious complications but appears to reduce patient post-operative weight-loss and may improve chemotherapy tolerance. Due to the lack of high-quality studies, it is unclear if the routine use of an intraoperative jejunostomy feeding...
We, herein, report a surgical technique for laparoscopy-assisted jejunostomy tube placement in an infant using a loop needle device to fix the jejunum and abdominal wall. A 3-year-old boy with Down's syndrome underwent nutritional management by gastrostomy due to oral feeding difficulty after radi...
A new technique for the placement of direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tubePublication » A new technique for the placement of direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tube.doi:10.1016/S0002-9270(01)03087-8Mohan R RengenEthan H Dubin...
Open Jejunostomy Tube PlacementEleanor Faherty MDRebecca Evangelista MDSurgical Pitfalls
Background: Feeding tube placement is common among patients undergoing gastrectomy, and national guidelines currently recommend consideration of a feeding jejunostomy tube (FJT) for all patients undergoing resection for gastric cancer. However, data are limited regarding the safety of FJT placement at ...
Placement of a jejunostomy tube is indicated in situations where the proximal gastrointestinal system is unable to be used safely as a route for delivery of enteral nutrition, but intestinal function is otherwise unimpaired. Tube placement may be the sole indication for the operation, or may ...
Placement of a jejunostomy tube is indicated in situations where the proximal gastrointestinal system is unable to be used safely as a route for delivery of enteral nutrition, but intestinal function is otherwise unimpaired. Tube placement may be the sole indication for the operation, or may ...
Jejunostomy Tube Placement under Direct Visualization: 1148Martins, NoelAjmere, NirajBhattacharya, KanishkaLevey, JohnOfficial journal of the American College of Gastroenterology | ACG
Efrat YK, Wagner-Mann C, Mann FA. Postoperative complications associated with jejunostomy tube placement using the interlocking box technique compared with other jejunopexy methods in dogs and cats: 76 cases (1999-2003). J Vet Emerg Crit Care 2006;16:S14-20....
However, it only allows the placement of jejunostomy tubes with a diameter of 3-4mm (9-12Fr), which are prone to luminal occlusion and migration [1 -3]. In addition, it has been reported that PEGJ tubes may not prevent aspiration resulting from frequent retrograde tube migration into the...